Shen Jin Cao

Lycopodium clavatum L. var. nipponicum Nakai L. obscurum L. L. selago L. L. serratum Thunb. Shen Jin Cao (Running pine, staghorn clubmoss, princess pine) (whole plant) Lycopodine, lycodoline, clavatine, fawcetine, clavoloninine, azelaic acid, clavatoxine, fawcetimine, deacetylfawcetine, nicotine, vanillic acid, ferulic acid, alpha-onocerin, lycoclavanol, lycoclavanin, lycopodine.33-48 Relieve the rigidity of muscles and joints, treat arthritis and dysmenorrhea. 

She Mei Shen Jin Cao Shen Liu Sheng Hong Yu Sheng Jiang Sheng Ma... 

Shen Jin Cao (Lycopodii herba), Gu Cao (Tuberculate speranskia herba) and Hai Tong Pi (Erythrinae cortex)... 

Wu Ling Zhi (Trogopterori faeces), Ze Lan (1 ycopi herba), Yue Ji Hua (Rosae chinensis flos), Dan Shen (Salviae miltiorrhizae radix), Yu Jin (Curcumae radix) and Yi Mu Cao (Leonuri herba)... 

The herbs that are warm in nature are Wu Ling Zhi, Ze Lan and Yue Ji Hua the herbs that are cold in nature are Dan Shen, Yu Jin and Yi Mu Cao. They can be used when cold or heat respectively is in the blood. 

Nie G, Jin C, Cao Y, Shen S, Zhao B. 2002. Distinct effects of tea catechins on 6-hydroxydopamine-induced apoptosis in PC12 cells. Arch Biochem Biophys 397 84-90. 

For biliary tract disorders, add Herba Artemisiae Capillaris (Yin Chen), Radix Salviae Miltiorrhizae (Dan Shen), Tuber Curcumae (Yu Jin), Radix Rubrus Paeoniae Lactiflorae (Chi Shao), and Herba Desmodii (Jin Qian Cao). 

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